Ninny

/ˈnɪni/

Synonyms for "ninny" (50 found)

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Closest matches (10)

ass block boeotian clod dimwit dolt donkey doodle dope

Noun(1 words)

blockhead

Strong matches (15)

dullarddumb cluckdumbbell dummy dunce gawk gowk halfwit idiot imbecile jackass

Noun(4 words)

dunce dupe fool idiot

Related words (25)

jerk jobbernowl lackwit lamebrain lightweight looby loon madman niais nincompoop ninnyhammer nitwit noddy put schmuck silly stupid thickwit tomfool twit

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witling

Noun(4 words)

nincompoop nitwit poop simpleton

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

being creature human individual person simple simpleton

More specific

3 entries

blockhead dunce nitwit

Collocations

5 entries

absolute ninnycomplete ninnyfoolish ninnytotal ninnyutter ninny

Inflections

1 entries

ninnies

Derivations

3 entries

ninnyhood ninnyish ninnyism

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Did you just call me a ninny?

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Byd. […] a good cheeke, an inticing eye, a smooth skinne, a well shapt leg, a faire hand, you cannot bring a wench into a fooles parradize for you? Sim. Not I by this garter, I am a foole, a very Ninny I, how call you her? how call you her?

Source: wiktionary

Caliban: What a py'de Ninnie's this? Thou ſcvrvy patch: […]

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"Nob, you woolly-pated ninny!" [Butterbur] cried. "Can't you give old friends their names?

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